Conveyer



Oct. 28, 1930.

CON VEYER Filed Nov. '7, 1927 F. J. .woon 1,779,720.

v25 ill strated in the accompanyingdra i gs I flanges 25"and an opening 26. The plate 24' 7 V V 30 proved conveyer is mounted therein. and -5. Thus'meansis providedfor firmly 80 40 the attachment links of the endless sprocket triangularly shaped notches-cut therein to go 45 tom of the platform of said trough. The ed to be used in the feed trough ofa band '95.

Patented 0ct .28 1930 V '1 1 779 720.

UNITED STATES i convnvnn 7 Application fi1ed'November7, 1927h Serial no. 231;!567. i The object of my invention is to provide to travel adjacent to each side edge 0f the a flexible endless conveyer of simple, durable platfornil l. [A b I r p and inexpensive construction, and which is i-Supported between the chains 16 is' anend l particularly adapted to be used on the feedlessconveyer web 17 preferably constructed sing mechanism ofthreshing machines emof'canvas or similarmaterial, the :width of .ploying improved cleats for engaging the the'web 17 being slightlyless than the dis-1 material to be fed to the threshing machine. tance between the'chains '16., The web 17 is More specifically itis theobjectof my inprovided {with a "series" of'jtransversely ars vention to provide'an endless conveyer web ranged'cleats, each of'which comprises anhaving improved cleats which may be easily outer slat 18'andIan'in'ner" slat 19, saidslats, c0

and quickly attached, and when attached being preferably formedof wo'od"and.sup; are firmly secured in position and designed ported opposite' and, adjacent toithe web 17 to be made of light material such as wood. extending between them. Theislats18and A further object is to provide in connec- 1'9"a'r 'p'rovidedwith 'openings20 and 21,

tion with the cleats, improved means for which .arein alinement with each othenthe', es strengthening the cleats, and at the same sald openingsfbeingldesigned torec'eive'bolts time providing means for engagingand grip- 22 for"cla mping the slats to the webbing, and ping thematerial to be carried by the consultable openings being provided in the web 7 veyer. 1 v bing forreceiving the bolts. The ends of 7 My invention consists in the construction, he cleatsare provided with attachment links 70 I arrangement and combination of the various 23 connected in the chain 16 in the usual man- 7 parts of the device, whereby the objects conner. lilach of said attachments comprises a templated are attained, as hereinafter more fiat 11 11 Pla 1 g' s a back fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and ges provlded with upwardly extending i hich; v is designed to be supported between the ad- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View Jacnt ds f the slats 18 d 19 With theof the feed trough of 'afband tt and bolt 20 extending through theopening26 in feeder showing the manner in which my imthemanner clearly illustrated in Figures 4L,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the conveyer clamping the attachments'to the cleats and cleat. the r i V I Figure 3 isa sectional view taken on the The Outer Surface of the slat 18 is pro- 1in .3 3 f Fi 2,. 1 V vrded wlth a'thm metal'plate 27 provided Figure 1 is an enlarged, detail, sectional Wlth PBmIIgS 281501 receiving. the bOI S iew taken on the line, of Figure The front edge of the 7 plate 27 is bent up- I Figure 5 is an enlarged, detail ectional wardly and projected forwardly beyond the view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3. front edge of the slat to form a toothed por- Figure 6 is aperspective view of on f tlon 29. The said member-29 has a series of chains for securing the cleats and the con OIjm le h, as illustrated in Figures 1 veyer web in position relative to said chains. 2 and 3- r e v The numeral10 indicates the feed trough y this r ge e it Will be Seen t of a'band cutter and feeder, and 11 the bot- I have provided a conveyer especially adapt- I trough is provided 'with transversely arcutterand. feeder. 'The chains 16 and the ranged shafts 12 and13, each of. which has sprockets l iand 15 provide means whereby a pair of sprocket wheels 14 and 15. Each the conveyer will be positively driven as the corresponding set of sprockets 141 and 15 is said sprockets are rotated, while the .web 17 provided with a sprocketchain 16designed provides means for supporting the straw and 0 any shelled or threshed grain. The cleats support the web and also provide'means for preventing the straw from slipping on the Web. The sheet metal plates of the cleats provide means for reinforcing the cleats, and at the same time provide necessary means for engaging the straw. V

On account of the cleats being formed of two slats placed on opposite sides of the web and bolted together by means of the bolts 28,

7 means is provided whereby the. web will be firmly anchored to said cleats to prevent pulling loose, due to the weight of the 'ma-'- terial'thereon. p A V v p 1 7 Another advantage of my device lies in the fact that if any of the conveyer slats should become broken, they'imay be easily and quickly replaced by removing the nuts from the bolts 28, after. which the broken g3 slats may be detached and new ones substituted. v

I claim my invention: I conveyercleat comprisinga pair of adj acent slats and aplate adjacent to the outer faceof one of said slats, one edgerof said plate extending beyondand outwardly from 'said slats, said outwardly extending edge having a series of V-shaped notches to form teeth, bolts forclamping said plate'and slats tdether. I g V t l es Moines, Iowa, October 26, 1927. i a v FRAN -J- 00 

